Major League Baseball instituted a new rule (7.13) this season that was designed to protect catchers from dangerous and unnecessary collisions at home plate. The "Buster Posey Rule" -- as it has been ...

This week's biggest debate is whether or not a new one-year experimental rule will eliminate collisions at the plate and make the game safer for catchers. But there's probably not going to be much of ...

Oregon’s Aroz, right, slides into Utah Valley catcher Strong at the plate in the eighth inning of the Eugene NCAA Regional at PK Park. | Chris Pietsch/The Register-Guard / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn ...

It's one of baseball's "most traditional and most violent plays," as NPR's Tom Goldman says. Starting as soon as next season, though, Major League Baseball will move to ban intentional collisions at ...

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Lou Brock's shoulder-to-shoulder collision with Bill Freehan during the 1968 World Series and Pete Rose's bruising hit on Ray Fosse in the 1970 All-Star game could become relics of ...

Major League Baseball and the Players Association are nearing an agreement designed to "clarify" confusion over the new home plate collision rules, sources told ESPN on Monday, with an announcement ...

Major League Baseball informed the Cubs and San Diegoon Tuesday that Chicago first baseman Anthony Rizzo violated the home-plate collision rule in Monday's game against the Padres but will not be ...

Major League Baseball intends to eliminate its most exciting — and most dangerous — play next season, by placing a permanent ban on the home plate collision. At the offseason Winter Meetings this week ...

The 2014 season will be interesting for catchers around Major League Baseball due to the new experimental rule involving home plate collisions. This MLB.com story outlines the highlights of ...

Major League Baseball’s rules committee has voted to ban home plate collisions, MLB Rules Committee Chairman and New York Mets General Manager Sandy Alderson announced Wednesday. Alderson said the ...